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The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Why should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] avenging the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I [am] the LORD thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou wilt inherit all nations.